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Intolerance : The Parameters of Oppression.

Noël, Lise.

Intolerance : The Parameters of Oppression. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE DOMINATOR -- 1 A Universal Discourse -- Historical Truths -- The Laws of Nature -- The Will of God -- The Imperatives of Knowledge -- The Criteria of Art -- The Force of Language -- 2 The Language of Objectivity -- Religion and Sin -- Law and Crime -- Science and Anomaly -- The Implicit Rules of Discourse -- PART TWO: THE DOMINATED -- 3 Alienation -- The Body as Object -- The Oppressed as Abstraction -- A Pedagogy of Guilt -- 4 Emancipation -- Reconsidering the Dominant Discourse -- Stages of Emancipation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Thematic Bibliography.

Even in the midst of the reactionary backlash of the 1980s and 1990s, progressive aims endure. To achieve solidarity of action, however, thinkers and activists need to find common ground. Through a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of how oppression is related to six parameters race, class, gender, sexual preference, age, and mental and physical health Lise Noël points to a common ground.

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Toleration.
Discrimination.
Social psychology.


Electronic books.

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